Five Total Strangers
by Natalie D. Richards
Pub Date: 06 Oct 2020
read courtesy of Netgalley.com
This was a quick read because the reader wants to know what's going to happen... and that's a good thing. However, some of the things that happen are a wee bit beyond belief. (Wait 'til you keep encountering the mysterious man with the gnarled hand.)
As a thriller, this story I feel like I'm reading a version of the GEICO commercial where the afraid people in the woods want to hide in a shed full of chainsaws. The reader yells, "Don't go in there," and the character goes in there.
Richards did a good job of creating doubt and confusion as to whom the 'bad guy' is; I vacillated along with Mira. But I also felt manipulated with characterizations that vacillated to move the story forward rather than represent real character personalities.
It was a fun, quick read if the reader doesn't take it too seriously and just goes along for the ride (yeh, I went there LOL).
3 1/2 ⭐⭐⭐⚡
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